PHP Functions

Load CSV or Delimited Data from a File into a Named Array

This small snippet will allow you to load CSV or other delimited Data from a File into a named array. The heads in the CSV file will be used for the names of the array keys.

Regular Expression for Date or Datetime Validation

This Regular Expression will verify if a date is a valid YYYY-MM-DD with an optional HH:MM:SS. It checks to see if the day is a valid day in the given month with the consideration of leap years.

Word Permutator Function

Give this function a phrase and it will return all of the permutations of the words that make up the phrase.

Deep Array Reverse

Recursively reverses a multi-depth array.

Remove Array Nulls

Recursively removes array keys with null values.

Deep In Array

Function similar to in_array() but it recursively searches a multi-depth array.

URL Reader

This function will download the contents of any URL and return it as a string that you can save to a file or database.

It will use curl if it is installed. Otherwise it will use fopen/fread.